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Anna Blackman
Anna Blackman

The document provides feedback from a focus group screening of a student film trailer. [1] The feedback was generally positive, with an average score of 8 out of 10, but some criticisms included that the beginning was too long and could benefit from more transitions, jump scares, and killing scenes. [2] Positive feedback highlighted the unique and realistic narrative, well-timed music, and a clever gore effect. [3] In response to the feedback, the filmmakers shortened the beginning and other scenes, added more fade transitions and a second jump scare, and edited the hospital scenes into faster-paced collision cutting to improve the flow and tension of the trailer.

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Anna Blackman EVALUATION 4
SECTION A From the focus group screening of ＾Delirium￣, we received both praise and criticism to help us achieve the best grade possible after altering specific parts. For the focus group screening, each class member wrote down positive and negative aspects and gave us a score out of 10. On average, from this, we received an 8, having been given one six, three sevens, six eights, two nines and two tens. From this response, I was pleasantly surprised and was happy to have such a great score despite the trailer not being completed yet. For the negative feedback, we were told that the trailer was ＾too long￣, with the ＾beginning dragging on a bit too much￣. Having been told this and being aware of this beforehand, our group acknowledged the issue and shorted the beginning sequence by 30 seconds as addition to other shots throughout the trailer. As other negative responses, we were told that adding more transitions, jump scares and more ＾killing scenes￣ could make the trailer flow more smoothly. Having gained this knowledge, we began by adding more fade to blacks between scenes, adding a second jump scare after the first and in between the ＾Delirium￣ text and collision cutting all of the psychiatric action to make the trailer seem as if the killing within the film is fast paced, constant and frightening. When focusing on the positive aspects of our trailer, we received quotes stating the narrative is ＾unique￣, ＾clear￣ and ＾realistic￣. Other positive aspects mentioned include how our music worked appropriately with the action on screen and how the action was always ＾interesting￣ and kept the spectator engaged. The gore effect of Sophie slitting her throat was one that many people thought was realistic and clever, which promoted our psychological horror with the partly gore sub-genre feature. Linking in with this, our sub-genre of psychological was said to be illustrated well by the ＾excellent￣ jump scare of myself turning into a ＾monster￣ with a sack on my head. Having received all of this feedback and more, I felt that I strongly agreed with the fact we needed to shorten specific parts of the trailer and how all of our action was easily understood and captured well and cleverly. As a mixed response, we received feedback stating that the trailer needed some dialogue. Having acknowledged this, we also had feedback stating that they liked the fact we had no dialogue. With this mixed response, I felt that I strongly agreed with the non-dialogue due to this not being a typical convention and felt that this added tension and a unique element to our trailer.
SECTION B After the focus group screening, as mentioned, there were many aspects that we needed to alter or develop. Having taken 30 seconds off the beginning of the trailer and shortened any other shots that could be smaller or enable the trailer to flow smoother, the length of our trailer was now perfect and the music timed itself right for the jump scares and other pieces of rhythmic action. With the transitions, we decided to add more fade to blacks and kept the contrast of scenes to a darker, low-key shade. For the music, we knew that shortening specific scenes would make the jump scare out of sync and so had to play around to get the music to match the action perfectly. After the first jump scare of myself being changed into a ＾monster￣, we added a second jump scare of me jumping towards the camera with a knife. This second jump scare is unexpected and makes the ending memorable. With all of the action of the three girls in the psychiatric hospital, we edited all shots into collision cutting from slow and quiet to loud and fast. By doing this, all of the action builds up, becoming tense for the spectator and visually engaging. Having edited these specific parts of the trailer, I feel that it has all helped towards our end result and having had the focus group screening, have learnt a lot about our team work, gained new knowledge and was able to distinguish positive and negative aspects of our trailer for improving.
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  • 2. SECTION A From the focus group screening of ＾Delirium￣, we received both praise and criticism to help us achieve the best grade possible after altering specific parts. For the focus group screening, each class member wrote down positive and negative aspects and gave us a score out of 10. On average, from this, we received an 8, having been given one six, three sevens, six eights, two nines and two tens. From this response, I was pleasantly surprised and was happy to have such a great score despite the trailer not being completed yet. For the negative feedback, we were told that the trailer was ＾too long￣, with the ＾beginning dragging on a bit too much￣. Having been told this and being aware of this beforehand, our group acknowledged the issue and shorted the beginning sequence by 30 seconds as addition to other shots throughout the trailer. As other negative responses, we were told that adding more transitions, jump scares and more ＾killing scenes￣ could make the trailer flow more smoothly. Having gained this knowledge, we began by adding more fade to blacks between scenes, adding a second jump scare after the first and in between the ＾Delirium￣ text and collision cutting all of the psychiatric action to make the trailer seem as if the killing within the film is fast paced, constant and frightening. When focusing on the positive aspects of our trailer, we received quotes stating the narrative is ＾unique￣, ＾clear￣ and ＾realistic￣. Other positive aspects mentioned include how our music worked appropriately with the action on screen and how the action was always ＾interesting￣ and kept the spectator engaged. The gore effect of Sophie slitting her throat was one that many people thought was realistic and clever, which promoted our psychological horror with the partly gore sub-genre feature. Linking in with this, our sub-genre of psychological was said to be illustrated well by the ＾excellent￣ jump scare of myself turning into a ＾monster￣ with a sack on my head. Having received all of this feedback and more, I felt that I strongly agreed with the fact we needed to shorten specific parts of the trailer and how all of our action was easily understood and captured well and cleverly. As a mixed response, we received feedback stating that the trailer needed some dialogue. Having acknowledged this, we also had feedback stating that they liked the fact we had no dialogue. With this mixed response, I felt that I strongly agreed with the non-dialogue due to this not being a typical convention and felt that this added tension and a unique element to our trailer.
  • 3. SECTION B After the focus group screening, as mentioned, there were many aspects that we needed to alter or develop. Having taken 30 seconds off the beginning of the trailer and shortened any other shots that could be smaller or enable the trailer to flow smoother, the length of our trailer was now perfect and the music timed itself right for the jump scares and other pieces of rhythmic action. With the transitions, we decided to add more fade to blacks and kept the contrast of scenes to a darker, low-key shade. For the music, we knew that shortening specific scenes would make the jump scare out of sync and so had to play around to get the music to match the action perfectly. After the first jump scare of myself being changed into a ＾monster￣, we added a second jump scare of me jumping towards the camera with a knife. This second jump scare is unexpected and makes the ending memorable. With all of the action of the three girls in the psychiatric hospital, we edited all shots into collision cutting from slow and quiet to loud and fast. By doing this, all of the action builds up, becoming tense for the spectator and visually engaging. Having edited these specific parts of the trailer, I feel that it has all helped towards our end result and having had the focus group screening, have learnt a lot about our team work, gained new knowledge and was able to distinguish positive and negative aspects of our trailer for improving.